Reunion

Saturday night the Provo contingent of Blackhurst sibs arrived just in time for supper. The eyes of the starving students were immediately drawn to the dessert trays lined up along the counter and it wasn’t long before Jarom had sliced off a big piece of German Chocolate Cake and Ike was sampling Summer Clarke’s chocolate chip cookies.

Enter the manly wolfer of all things edible. Will quickly sizes up the situation, sees his younger brothers taking center stage in the eating department and immediately knows this is not to be tolerated. He must not be upstaged by a couple of flunkies. He goes into action, grabbing Jarom’s cake and arm wrestling Ike for the rest of the cookie. Taken off guard, the brothers were left empty handed. It was not to go uncontested. Ike immediately offered to take Will on in an arm wrestle. It was touch and go, but in the end it was declared a tie, though some thought Ike won by a hair’s breadth. Jarom, still smarting from the loss of that big piece of German chocolate cake, challenged Will to another round of arm wrestling.

The sisters, who were trying to be the cheerleading squad, were heard groaning in the background as they watched Will’s struggle for supremacy being put to the ultimate test. It was not a pretty scene as both contestants were determined to prevail. The arms of both brothers were seen pressed almost to the table, but then miraculously righted themselves and continued the match to the death.

Fortunately Nate and Dad walked in with pizzas and bags full of groceries and the contest was suspended, though Jair declared himself ultimate victor. He had given up his cake which he insisted Will finish off before he got a slice of Sister Lauder’s famous Lemon Meringue Pie. Will acquiesced, not because he was willing to admit defeat, but the chance to demonstrate his prowess at finishing off the cake and pie with no problems was not something to thumb your nose at.

The Little Caesar’s pizzas were soon polished off around a dinner table filled with conversations about the times when Will stole Becca’s favorite pair of red shoes and hid them in the attic. Will responded with plans for hopping a plane back to Ohio tomorrow and leaving Becca in the dust. Becca wished she had been left in the dust, or at least at home, as she recalled wearing Ike’s tennie runners to school and Fallon Webber calling it to the attention of the whole class. The subject of shoe wardrobes was continued when it was discovered that it took nearly the bottoms of both sides of the closet to make room for the assortment of casual, dress, semi-casual and doctor shoes that constitute Will’s shoe wardrobe. Imelda Marcos had nothing on Will.

Grandpa and Grandma Andrus and Aunt Mary Anne were totally blown away by how good he looked. Not knowing what they were expecting, it was good to get their initial impressions. Considering all that he has gone through, Will is looking terrific and continues to make good progress.